IFWT #149 - Madame Wang's (1981) [ft. Craig Williams a.k.a Mondocraig)
About this episode
The episode features a discussion on Paul Morrissey's film Madame Wang's with guest Craig Williams, exploring its themes and cultural context.
This week I'm joined by Welsh filmmaker and guest film programmer at London's only grindhouse-exclusive picturehouse, The Nickel Cinema, Craig Williams, to discuss Paul Morrissey's near-lost punk artifact Madame Wang's. Centered on a story of of an East German agent who is sent to the United States, not only to search for Jane Fonda, but to wait for the Communist takeover. Along the way he bumps into an eclectic mix of society's throwaways, who teach him the what it is to be an American. Morrissey's film, like his previous Flesh, Trash and Heat films with Andy Warhol, never strays from that street level poetics, and even though Morrissey himself never lived the lives he portrays, he never condemns - this duality is a topic we definitely discuss. You can find Craig Williams on Instagram at @Mondodraig, and you can find The Nickel Cinema at @The NickelCinema.
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